Stamp or envelop moistener



(No Model.)

G. J. CAVE. STAMP .011 ENVELOP MOISTENER'.

Patented Nov. 30, .1897.

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ATENT- GEORGE J. CAVE, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

STAMP OR EN-VELOP MOISTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,599, dated November 30, 1897. Application filed May 10, 1897. Serial in. 635,812- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. GAVE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful.

. ing device become clogged with gum, and one that will remain constantly. moist and be ccpiously supplied with water, so that said water can be quickly spread upon the envelops or stamps to dissolve the gum thereon and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved stamp and envelop moistener and in the arrangements and combinations of parts thereof, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embracedin the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

I in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the views, Figure 1 is section of the device, taken on line so of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is-a plan of the same. Fig. 3

is a side elevation with the cover removed.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the said cover. Fig. 5 is an absorbent wiper adapted to spread the water upon thestamps or envelops. Fig.

, 6 is a core-piece over which the absorbent tension being adapted to receive the wiper d. At the top of said chambered extension the same is provided with a mouth I), which eX- tends upward from said extension and is threaded to receive a collar 0. In said mouth is arranged the wiper d, which preferably consists of a piece of felt sewed or otherwise fastened over and around the cork core 6. I

prefer to perforate the core-piece, as shown at f, so that should the wiper become unduly wet and heavy pressure be brought thereon the water therein may run back from the wiping-surface into the receptacle or into the lower part of the absorbent material.

The collar 0 is threaded in correspondence with the threads on the mouth I), and at the upper end of said collar the same is provided with a slightly-funnel-shaped flange which extends inward from the upper edge of the said collar and serves to prevent superfluous water from running over the outer sides of the said collar, as will be understood. A rubber washerk may serve to form a water-tight joint beneath the collar.

While I prefer to use cork as the core-piece for the absorbent material, I am aware that other materials may be employed having some degree of advantage, and in lieu of felt I may employ other fabrics or material to secure capillary attraction of the fluid, whereby it is fed to the wiping-surface.

I prefer, ordinarily, that the wiping-surface should be only a little below the upper end of the water-chamber C6, and I prefer that the said waterchamber be filled with fluid, so

that the water will, by seeking its own level independent of capillary attraction, supply the Wiper copiously with fluid, so that the supply of water will be continuous and ample.

When the water becomes low in the waterchamber, the capillary attraction will be sufficient to effect a supply; but in this case the supply will not be as copious.

The water-chamber a is closed by a cap g, at the top of which is formed, preferably integral therewith, a stamp chamber or receptacle h.

The moistener and stamp-receptacle thus described will be convenient as a desk article, and after being once supplied with water will remain in operative condition for a long period, and when it is desirable to renew the supply of water the chamber a can be refilled with convenience and ease.

Having thus described the inyention, what I claim as new is 1. The combination with the receptacle a, having the extension a, of an absorbent wiper with its upper end hollow and containing a disk-shaped core-piece c, of cork or any other suitable material, whereby said upper end of the wiper is extended to form abroad wiping-surface, the lower end of the wiper dipping in the water, and said wiper and corepieee being held in position in the mouth of the extension 0, by the collar 6, substantially as set forth.

2. In the stamp and envelop moistener herein described, the combination of the waterchamber a, the extension 0, communicating therewith by passage a, the collar 0, haviug at its upper end an inwardly-extending and slightly-funnel-shaped flange, the wiper extending up from the water and hollow at its upper end to receive the disk-shaped corepiece 6, which is perforated to allow the descent froin the wipin -surface of superfluous water, the cover for the water-chamber a, and the washer 79, all of said parts being arranged and combined, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of May, 1897.

GEORGE J. CAVE. Vitnesses:

CHARLES H. FELL, G. 13. PITNEY. 

